Thread: Thermal monocular - thinking about buying one

I'm thinking about buying a thermal monocular for spotting animals. I use bino's spotting scope atm & will continue to do so.
Idea being thermal will allow quicker pickup when scanning the tops then use bino's or spotting scope to get a better look at.
I'm interested to hear opinions/experiences on the different brands/models.
I have received some advice to buy once cry once & get a Pulsar helion Xp50mm but its a lot of cash to part out.
I quite like the Pulsar axion2 XG35 & it seems well priced for the specs.

Is anyone using a thermal with a built in range finder? I have a separate handheld lrf but was thinking a thermal with a LRF might make it redundant?

Anyway I'm keen to hear the experiences of thermal users on the forum.
Cheers in advance